Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Her first album was called Let Go and was released in 2002 at the age of 17. In 2004, she won a World Music Award for favorite pop/rock artist. In total, she has sold over 21 million albums to this date. She performed the track "Sponge Bob" for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Avril has French-Canadian grandparents, however, Avril doesn't speak French. Her first name, Avril means "April" in French. Her last name, Lavigne, means "The Vine" or "The Vineyard" in French.
Avril was born in Ontario. She was discovered in a music store while singing aloud country-pop singles. She started street performing, the made her breakthrough with Complicated, sk8er boi then Don't Tell Me. She usually writes her own songs, but when assisted, she was sued because "The Rubinos" had a song called "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." Avril sang: "I want to be your girlfriend," of different to and saying "I want to" not "I wanna."
In February 2004, she began dating Canadian singer, Deryck Whibley, the lead singer/guitarist of pop-punk band Sum 41. On June 27, 2005, Lavigne and Whibley became engaged. Whibley proposed to Lavigne by surprising her with a trip to Venice, Italy, a gondola ride, and then a romantic picnic.
The couple married in Roman Catholic ceremony that began at 5 p.m., lasted 20 minutes on Saturday, July 15, 2006 at a private estate in the California city of Montecito. Lavigne wore a Vera Wang gown, carried pearl white Australian roses and was walked down the aisle with her father. Their witnesses were Steve Jocz and Cone McCaslin from Sum 41, Matthew Lavigne (Avril's older brother), and Sum 41's close friend Robb Dipple. Avril's younger sister Michelle Lavigne was one of Avril's bridesmaids.
The hit song "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls was played as their wedding song. When asked if they were ready for kids they said "not right now, but somewhere down the road."
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